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Anthropic: Could AI be conscious? Pope Leo: lol, no (pivot-to-ai.com)
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‘Algorithms lack the spark of humanity’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VCWgoIrRCo&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20261005-anthropic-could-ai-be-conscious-pope-leo-lol-no - podcast

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[–] ebu@awful.systems 5 points 17 hours ago

"what if EVERYTHING is secretly conscious, including the random word predictor" i say, flailing my paws in the air